Lazutina and her compatriot, Danilova, were the queens of cross-country skiing in Nagano.While Danilova took the 15 km, Lazutina snaffled the 5 km, 10 km and relay races. And if she was not on the top step of the podium, she was always either on the second or third.Already a member of the champion Russian relay team at Albertville and Lillehammer, she finally won an Olympic gold in her own right, the logical step up from the 1995 world championships when she won every competition.